Are You Hardwired To Be An Entrepreneur?

When it comes to the stories of entrepreneurs, often we only hear about the big wins. What we don’t see are the downturns, the losses, the belly-up ventures. The fact is, being a young entrepreneur is tough. It’s not for the faint of heart. And as much as we might be tempted to free ourselves of the monotony of our 9 to 5 jobs, there are many things to consider.

This work draws on the Five-Factor Theory of Personality, or the Big Five, which says that any human personality is a combination of five core traits. Think OCEAN: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. The assessment is the most widely used tool for investigating personality and has been validated hundreds of times in multiple cultures all over the world.